[Magdalen] Rip Willy Grimmke

[Marion Thompson]

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who weep and those who mourn.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 5/1/2016 2:34 PM, Bob Rea wrote:
> This dear man died last night after suffering a breakdown on his way From
> Atlanta to his summer home in the Adirondacks. He was taken to a hospital
> in North Carolina, and placed on a respirator. Our Rector drove up to
> anoint and pray and be with his gathered family. The respirator was turned
> off and he died some hours later.
>
> This is so heartbreaking because he and Jenny his wife were prepared to do
> parenteral dialysis there. He had been on hemodialysis until the parenteral
> could begin. A son was driving them north. They so loved their place on a
> lake in upstate New York. They were so looking forward to it.
>
> Willy and Jenny are holy souls, steeped in the Scriptures and the tradition
> of the Episcopal Church. I will most miss them in our weekly Bible Study.
> They contributed holy wisdom.
>
> Please pray for Jenny, the whole family, and for us at Christ Church
> Norcross GA who loved them so much. We are bereft
>
> PS: Pray also for another saint who died yesterday, Daniel Berrigan SJ.
>